LAST WEEK THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME
COURT TALK FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO DRAW BECAUSE RIGHT
NOW THE ONCE THEY HAVE ARE PURPOSEFULLY DESIGNED TO OVERLY
HELP REPUBLICANS IN COMPARISON OF THE SHARE OF THE VOTE THAT
THEY
GET.
IT'S ONE OF THE WORST EXAMPLES OF CONGRESSIONAL
GERRYMANDERING THAT WE HAVEN'T SO NOW, THOSE NEW DISTRICTS NEED
TO BE DRAWN UP.
THERE WAS ANOTHER STEP ACTUALLY, TO HELP THEM CREATE THOSE NEW
DISTRICTS:
BASICALLY, INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED SO THAT YOU CAN CREATE THIS
NEW DISTRICTS AND SO THAT THOSE NEW DISTRICTS YOU CREATE ARE
ACTUALLY MORE FAIR AND ACTUALLY REPRESENT A COMMUNITY RATHER
THAN A COMPUTER CRAFTED WAY TO GET AS MANY REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMEN AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THE REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE HAVE LISTENS AND THEY
HEARD, THE SUPREME COURT WANTS US TO DO THAT.
THEY HAVE
DECIDED.
NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT AND SO THE LEAD
REPUBLICAN IN THE STATE SENATE IS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THIS
AND PUT OUT
A STATEMENT SAYING:
THIS IS ONE OF TWO WAYS THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY
THIS EFFORT TO GERRYMANDER PENNSYLVANIA OR AT LEAST THE
LAYOUT SO THAT IT CANNOT GO INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
THE OTHER IS A MORE TRADITIONAL WAY AND THAT IS AWAY REPUBLICANS
IN THE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME SORTS OF CHANGES
ARE FIGHTING AGAINST IT.
LOOK, I AM AN AMERICAN.
I PAY ATTENTION AND I ALSO TAUGHT
POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES.
I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER BETWEEN BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING
TO TRY TO DO.
THE VERY FIRST THING YOU LEARN IN LAW SCHOOL IS MARBURY
VERSUS MADISON.
THAT IS WHERE THE SUPREME COURT LAID DOWN THE
LAW IF YOU WILL AND ESTABLISHED PRECEDENT THAT THE COURT GETS TO
DECIDE WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND WE HAVE
BEEN FOLLOWING THAT FOR WELL OVER 200 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY
AND THERE IS A GREAT REASON FOR THAT AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT
CREATES STABILITY AND YOU KNOW HOW THE POWER IS PROPORTIONED
WITHIN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE DOING IS DANGEROUS ON A LOT OF FRONTS.
TRUMP IS ATTACKING THE RULE OF LAW AT THE FEDERAL LEVELS SAYING
DO NOT BELIEVE THE FBI, SOME OF HER SUPPORTERS GOING TO BE IN
SAY WE SHOULD NOT ONLY FIRE PEOPLE AT THE FBI, WE SHOULD
ARREST THEM AND PUT THEM IN PRISON IF THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH
US.
NOW THE LOCAL LEVEL WE HAVE REPUBLICANS SAYING MARBURY V
MADISON BE DAMNED, OUR SEPARATION IN POWER IN THE
CONSTITUTION BE
DAMNED, LET'S HAVE LAWLESSNESS BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE WON'T
LISTEN TO THE COURTS THEN HOW DO WE DECIDE ANYTHING?
HOW DO WE
KNOW WHO IS RIGHT?
YOU HAVE TOTALLY TRASHED THE RULE OF LAW
SO PLEASE DO NOT PRETEND YOU ARE FOR IT BECAUSE, IF YOU'RE A
REPUBLICAN, THIS DAY AND AGE AND IF YOU ARE, DO NOT VOTE FOR GUYS
LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT REPRESENT YOU.
I THINK THAT THE
COURTS HAVE TO REASSERT THEIR AUTHORITY HERE OTHERWISE WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE LAWLESSNESS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE
CONTEXT HERE.
REPUBLICAN SAYS I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A
POLITICAL MATTER.
THAT IS A FINE DEBATE AND THAT IS WHAT YOU
TICKETS A COURT AND ARGUED THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS
DECIDED BY THE LEGISLATURE BUT YOU HAVE TO LET THE COURT DECIDE
AND IF THEY REALLY AGAINST YOU YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.
HE SAYS
I DO NOT WANT TO DIE IF IT IS FOR ME GRAY, I WENT.
IF THEY
REALLY AGAINST ME I JUST IGNORE THEM.
THEN WE ARE NOT A COUNTRY
OF LAWS ANYMORE AND A COURT DID NOT SAY I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE
ALL OF THESE PLACES WEIRDLY GERRYMANDERED IN FAVOR OF THE
DEMOCRATS.
OF COURSE NOT.
THE COURT SAID THAT YOU CANNOT
DIVIDE ANY COUNTY, CITY, WARD EXPECTED EXCEPT WHERE NECESSARY
TO ENSURE QUALITY POPULATION.
AND BY THE WAY, THAT MIGHT NOT
BE THE DEMOCRATS ADVANTAGE.
IN PENNSYLVANIA THE DEMOCRATS ARE
CONCENTRATED IN BIG CITIES LIKE PITTSBURGH AND PHILLY.
THE
COURT IS NOT TELLING YOU, WE WILL GET THE REPUBLICANS AND
THEN WE WILL DRAW THE DISTRICT LIKE THIS TO GIVE THE DEMOCRATS
AN ADVANTAGE.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE DRAWN UP IN A PREPOSTEROUS
WAY TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHICH CITY YOU LIVE IN, WHICH
COUNTY YOU LIVE IN AND THAT IS WHY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN
PENNSYLVANIA VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS FOR THE HOUSE.
THE REPUBLICANS
HAVE 13 OUT OF 18 SEATS.
THERE IS SOMETHING GREATLY
UNDEMOCRATIC ABOUT THAT AND THIS IS NOT A NATIONAL ISSUE, THIS IS
STRICTLY A PENNSYLVANIA ISSUE.
THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT
HAS RULED IT SHOULD BE OVER BUT LOOK, THEY DO NOT NEED HIS
COOPERATION HUNDRED PERCENT.
THEY COULD GET THE DATA FROM
OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY'VE ARTIE PUT IN A PROCESS AND THEY WILL
DRAW THE LINES BUT I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO ENFORCE PRECEDENT
HERE AND THEY SHOULD HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND IF HE DOES
NOT GIVE WITH THE COURT HAS ORDERED, THEY SHOULD LOOK THEM
UP.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LAWLESSNESS IF ALL OF A SUDDEN
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY REPUBLICANS GO IF I WIN, GREAT,
IF I LOSE, I IGNORE IT.
THEN WE HAVE MADNESS AND THAT IS NOT OUR
SYSTEM.
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM.
YOU MUST
LISTEN TO THE COURTS.
I AM NOT KIDDING AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE
IF HE GETS A THREAT OF ACTUALLY BEING PUT IN JAIL HE MIGHT
WISING UP AND GO RIGHT, CONSTITUTION.
I FORGOT TO READ
IT.
I'M SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO THE COURTS.
IMAGINE IF THE HOUSE AND SENATE NATIONALLY JUST STARTED
DOING THIS.
THE SUPREME COURT SAYS IT BUT HOW MANY ALLEGIANCES
DOES THE SUPREME COURT HAVE?
WHEN WE WERE AFRAID ABOUT WHAT
TRUMP AND HIS ENABLERS WOULD REPRESENT AND WE THOUGHT THIS IS
HOW DEMOCRACIES FAIL, THIS IS HOW WE BACKSLIDE AND GET AN
AUTHORITARIAN STATE.
DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN WITH JUST ONE
BIG THING, IT CAN HELP IN WITH THE DISCARD DESTRUCTION OF THE
TIME, NOT RESPECTING SUPREME COURT'S, DESTROYING THE FBI, ALL
THE SORTS OF THINGS ALLOWING OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE TO BECOME
JUST AN EXPECTED THING AND THAT ADDS UP OVER TIME AND YOU HAVE
TO CHECK IT WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
THIS IS CERTAINLY THE PLACE TO
DO THAT.
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